Why "Bruno"?

His wife says his name is Richard.The police and all the newspapers call himBruno.

He's the same man: an alien, a stowawayon a boat from Germanyafter World War I, where he livedin Saxony with his mother.

Records show he served some jail time for a crime he committed (a burglary in which he used a ladder).

Richard says that after the war,times were hard, food was scarce, and almost everyonestole thingsfrom time to time.

His wife says he works like a dogfor their little familyand even though she did not approveof the risks he took in the stock market,and even though she did not likeIsidor Fisch,she does not believe Richardis a kidnapper.

Word has gotten out that Mr. Reillytold Mrs. Hauptmannthat she should say she knew about the moneyfrom Isidor Fischthat her husband hid in the garage."But Mr. Reilly, I did not know, so thatwould be a lie."

On the stand, Anna Hauptmann toldthe truth.She believes that honesty will keep her husband alive.

The Trialby Jen Bryant

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